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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Ziggy Stardust, wedding suits and Nile Rodgers as curator: V&A announces David Bowie Centre details

David Bowie performing as Ziggy Stardust wearing a catsuit designed by Kansai Yamamoto, 1973, photographed by Mick Rock.
David Bowie performing as Ziggy Stardust wearing a catsuit designed by Kansai Yamamoto, 1973, photographed by Mick Rock. Photograph: Mick Rock/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

From the Thierry Mugler suit he got married in to his costumes from the Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane era, David Bowie’s most iconic looks will be available for fans to see up close as the V&A museum opens its David Bowie Centre on 13 September.

Part of the V&A’s wider archival project, the V&A East Storehouse, the Bowie archive comprises more than 90,000 items – which won’t all be on display at once. Instead, in details revealed today, visitors will be able to order up items to look at closely, while V&A archivists and star curators will make selections to go on display in a series of rotating showcases. Tickets will be free.

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